The Gyrth Chalice Mystery - Softcover

Allingham, Margery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380705729 ISBN 13: 9780380705726

Publisher: Avon Books, 1988

Synopsis

Suave, sophisticated amateur sleuth Albert Campion is the only one who can protect The Gyrth Chalice, a valuable relic from early England that is coveted by a band of ruthless thieves

About this title

About the Author:

Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immersed in literature. Her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, was published in 1923 when she was 19. Her first work of detective fiction was a serialized story published by the Daily Express in 1927. Entitled The White Cottage Mystery, it contained atypical themes for a woman writer of the era. Her breakthrough occurred in 1929 with the publication of The Crime at Black Dudley. This introduced Albert Campion, albeit originally as a minor character. He returned in Mystery Mile, thanks in part to pressure from her American publishers, much taken with the character. Campion proved so successful that Allingham made him the centrepiece of another 17 novels and over 20 short stories, continuing into the 1960s.

Review:

Wonderfully plotted . . . a marvelous mixture of witchcraft, sacred relics, and ancient oaths. Allingham was a rare and precious talent --Washington Post

Margery Allingham is very, very good, and those who are not familiar with her have a delightful discovery awaiting them --Los Angeles Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0380705729
• ISBN 13: 9780380705726
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246